Dandya ovalis

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Dandya ovalis
Temporal range: Norian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Dapediiformes
Family: Dapediidae
Genus: Dandya
Tintori, 1983
Species:
D. ovalis
Binomial name
Dandya ovalis
(Gorjanovic-Kramberger, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Spaniolepis ovalisGorjanovic-Kramberger, 1905

Dandya is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Dapediidae. [1] It contains one species, D. ovalis. It is known from the Late Triassic of Lombardy, Northern Italy. [2]

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References

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